From Naval Air Systems Command, Dec. 9, 2025 NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program office (PMA-263) recently announced that the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Services UAS surpassed one…
Navy Demonstrates Multi-Day Solar UAS Flight
From Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Dec. 5. 2025 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Navy, in partnership with Skydweller Aero, recently achieved continuous solar-powered unmanned flight during a nonstop three-day test from Stennis, Mississippi. Led by the Naval Air Warfare…
Coast Guard seizes 150,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, interdicts drug smuggling vessel loaded with over 20,000 pounds of cocaine
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Dec. 9, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August. With a dose…
AUSTAL USA Lays Keel of Its First Offshore Patrol Cutter
From Austal USA, Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. …
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Building U.S. Navy Hedges Against Rising threats
The U.S. Navy faces challenges on multiple fronts. At sea, the fleet is stretched thin responding to China’s continued gray-zone aggression and defending shipping in the Middle East from drone or missile attacks. At home, new ship deliveries fall further…
Navy Selects Damen to Build New Medium Landing Ship
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has selected Damen to build the new medium landing ship (LSM) for the service. The ship will be a version of Damen’s LST 100 class. Damen is a…
Navy Establishes First Information Warfare Squadron
From Naval Information Forces, Dec. 5, 2025 NORFOLK, Va. – Information Warfare Squadron (IWRON) Two, a first-of-its-kind unit designed to operationalize Information Warfare (IW) capabilities and provide decisive decision advantage to Carrier Strike Group Commanders, was established, Dec. 5. This command…
USCG, CBP, HSI seize vessel with $28M in illicit narcotics off Miami Beach
From Coast Guard Southeast District, Dec. 5, 2025 MIAMI – A U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach law enforcement boat crew along with CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and HSI seized approximately 3,715 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated…
BAE Systems secures $36 million contract to equip U.S. Navy submarines with Multifunction Modular Masts
Radio frequency antennas provide U.S. Navy submarines with enhanced situational awareness to carry out missions MERRIMACK, N.H. — December 8, 2025 — BAE Systems has been awarded a $36 million production contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver Multifunction Modular Mast…
NOAA Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for 2nd New Charting and Mapping Vessel
By Keely Belva, NOAA, Dec. 4, 2025 NOAA leadership was joined by partners today to celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, a new charting and mapping vessel being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC., in…
